xxvi, 535 pages : 24 cm

The ship and the gun -- Francis Drake, God's corsair (1543?-1596)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-513) and index

SURVEY I: The ship and the gun -- Francis Drake, God's corsair (1543?-1596) / Anthony N. Ryan -- Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, father of naval tactics (1598-1653) / J.J.A. Wijn -- Robert Blake, the state's admiral (1599-1657) / William B. Cogar -- Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, ornament of his age (1607-1676) / A. Van Der Moer -- Niels Juel, the good old knight (1629-1697) / Hans Christian Bjerg -- SURVEY II: The line of battle -- Edward Hawke, risk-taker preeminent (1705-1781) / Ruddock F. Mackay -- Pierre-Andre de Suffren de Saint-Tropez, Admiral Satan (1729-1788) / Philippe Masson -- Horatio Nelson, a man to be loved (1758-1805) / Gerald Jordan -- Andreas Miaoulis, from pirate to admiral (1769-1835) / Konstantinos Varfis -- SURVEY III: The machine age at sea -- David Glasgow Farragut, deliberate planner, impetuous fighter (1801-1870) / Edward L. Beach -- Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, admiral of the unexpected (1827-1871) / Helmut Pemsel -- SURVEY IV: The new steel navies -- George Dewey, his father's son (1837-1917) / John F. Wukovits -- Heihachiro Togo, Japan's Nelson (1848-1934) / E. Stuart Kirby -- SURVEY V: The Dreadnought revolution -- John R. Jellicoe, technology's victim (1859-1935) / James Goldrick -- Reinhard Scheer, intuition under fire (1863-1928) / Gary E. Weir -- SURVEY VI: The advent of air-sea warfare -- Andrew Browne Cunningham, the best man of the lot (1883-1963) / Eric J. Grove -- Isoroku Yamamoto, alibi of a navy (1884-1943) / H.P. Willmott -- Raymond A. Spruance, the thinking man's admiral (1886-1969) / John B. Lundstrom -- William F. Halsey, Jr., the Bull (1882-1959) / Clark G. Reynolds

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